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Posted by RoyJ on May 8, 2006, 6:52 pm
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This is a light duty machine suitable for small repair jobs. 3/16" plate
requiring several rods is not really "small"
Sounds like your welder is forcing you to a 20% duty cycle, just about
what I'd expect from this class of machine. You might be able to push
this a bit by putting a heavy duty air blast on the windings.
3/16" plate might be doable with the 3/32" rod if the rod burns cleanly
and gives a decent bead. You will likely need to do a couple of passes.
Clean well after the first pass. Of course with your duty cycle this
will take a LONG time. The only rod that will work in this case is 6011
The 5/64" rod is best suited for 18ga to 14 ga (.049" to .084")
Daddy O wrote:
> I bought this welder to do little repair jobs around the
> house and could take it somewhere and weld without
> needing to rig up a 220 volt connection.
>
> It's supposed to use 1/16", 5/64", 3/32" rods and weld
> up to 1/4" steel.
>
> Using t 3/32 rods to weld 1/8" steel the welder overheats
> after three minutes and turns off for fifteen minutes.
>
> I found some 1/16" rods that don't do much on the 1/8"
> steel but might do better when used on the 16 gage sheet
> steel but haven't tried that yet.
>
> Would it be worth the time, money and effort to order
> 5/64" rods?
>
> Will they be able to weld up to 3/16" steel which is what
> I really need it to do?
>
>
>
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> house and could take it somewhere and weld without
> needing to rig up a 220 volt connection.
>
> It's supposed to use 1/16", 5/64", 3/32" rods and weld
> up to 1/4" steel.
>
> Using t 3/32 rods to weld 1/8" steel the welder overheats
> after three minutes and turns off for fifteen minutes.
>
> I found some 1/16" rods that don't do much on the 1/8"
> steel but might do better when used on the 16 gage sheet
> steel but haven't tried that yet.
>
> Would it be worth the time, money and effort to order
> 5/64" rods?
>
> Will they be able to weld up to 3/16" steel which is what
> I really need it to do?
>
>
>
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